FastNamesMost Popular Baby Names in New Jersey
In 2025, Emma was the most popular girls' name in New Jersey, given to 428 babies, and Liam was the top boys' name with 749. Liam led nationally too, while the country's top girls' name was Olivia.
Social Security counted 35,500 girls and 39,765 boys born in New Jersey that year under names given to at least five babies there.
Top 100 names in New Jersey, 2025
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 428 | up 2 |
| 2 | Mia | 427 | down 1 |
| 3 | Olivia | 396 | up 1 |
| 4 | Sophia | 396 | down 2 |
| 5 | Isabella | 368 | up 2 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 340 | down 1 |
| 7 | Amelia | 317 | down 1 |
| 8 | Ailany | 299 | up 53 |
| 9 | Sofia | 292 | down 1 |
| 10 | Ava | 286 | same |
| 11 | Esther | 248 | up 1 |
| 12 | Chloe | 246 | up 2 |
| 13 | Leah | 244 | down 4 |
| 14 | Zoe | 241 | down 3 |
| 15 | Eliana | 240 | up 12 |
| 16 | Madison | 232 | up 1 |
| 17 | Lily | 215 | up 6 |
| 18 | Emily | 206 | up 1 |
| 19 | Valentina | 206 | down 4 |
| 20 | Nora | 192 | up 14 |
| 21 | Gianna | 190 | down 5 |
| 22 | Sara | 190 | up 8 |
| 23 | Layla | 186 | up 14 |
| 24 | Aria | 183 | up 1 |
| 25 | Hannah | 182 | up 11 |
| 26 | Mila | 179 | down 8 |
| 27 | Grace | 175 | up 1 |
| 28 | Luna | 174 | down 15 |
| 29 | Miriam | 173 | down 8 |
| 30 | Penelope | 173 | up 3 |
| 31 | Sarah | 173 | up 13 |
| 32 | Ella | 169 | down 6 |
| 33 | Evelyn | 169 | up 17 |
| 34 | Harper | 167 | down 14 |
| 35 | Emilia | 166 | up 10 |
| 36 | Avery | 161 | up 7 |
| 37 | Aurora | 160 | up 11 |
| 38 | Lucy | 156 | up 16 |
| 39 | Scarlett | 154 | down 10 |
| 40 | Rivka | 152 | down 5 |
| 41 | Ellie | 149 | up 10 |
| 42 | Violet | 149 | down 11 |
| 43 | Camila | 147 | down 21 |
| 44 | Isla | 147 | down 3 |
| 45 | Chaya | 145 | up 1 |
| 46 | Sienna | 145 | up 11 |
| 47 | Stella | 145 | down 8 |
| 48 | Riley | 144 | down 10 |
| 49 | Gabriella | 137 | up 4 |
| 50 | Victoria | 136 | down 10 |
| 51 | Maya | 135 | down 9 |
| 52 | Rachel | 135 | down 28 |
| 53 | Abigail | 128 | down 21 |
| 54 | Hailey | 125 | down 7 |
| 55 | Chana | 123 | down 3 |
| 56 | Malka | 122 | up 11 |
| 57 | Ayla | 119 | up 6 |
| 58 | Elizabeth | 114 | down 9 |
| 59 | Naomi | 113 | up 12 |
| 60 | Claire | 112 | up 6 |
| 61 | Maeve | 110 | up 19 |
| 62 | Elena | 109 | down 3 |
| 63 | Cecilia | 107 | up 29 |
| 64 | Zoey | 107 | up 5 |
| 65 | Lucia | 106 | up 19 |
| 66 | Liliana | 104 | down 4 |
| 67 | Madelyn | 103 | down 11 |
| 68 | Ivy | 102 | up 76 |
| 69 | Nova | 101 | up 7 |
| 70 | Sadie | 101 | up 20 |
| 71 | Hazel | 99 | down 7 |
| 72 | Juliette | 99 | up 2 |
| 73 | Alaia | 98 | down 13 |
| 74 | Eleanor | 97 | down 4 |
| 75 | Madeline | 97 | up 7 |
| 76 | Eloise | 96 | up 33 |
| 77 | Lillian | 92 | up 40 |
| 78 | Lainey | 91 | up 34 |
| 79 | Alice | 90 | up 12 |
| 80 | Rose | 90 | up 26 |
| 81 | Sophie | 90 | down 26 |
| 82 | Savannah | 89 | down 17 |
| 83 | Genesis | 88 | down 25 |
| 84 | Melody | 86 | up 19 |
| 85 | Bella | 82 | down 10 |
| 86 | Josephine | 82 | up 12 |
| 87 | Jade | 81 | up 9 |
| 88 | Ariana | 80 | down 3 |
| 89 | Natalie | 80 | down 21 |
| 90 | Ariella | 78 | up 11 |
| 91 | Lyla | 78 | up 27 |
| 92 | Sloane | 75 | up 60 |
| 93 | Julia | 74 | down 10 |
| 94 | Rochel | 74 | up 30 |
| 95 | Samantha | 74 | up 30 |
| 96 | Addison | 73 | down 3 |
| 97 | Alessia | 73 | down 24 |
| 98 | Audrey | 73 | down 3 |
| 99 | Summer | 73 | up 21 |
| 100 | Francesca | 72 | down 28 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 749 | same |
| 2 | Noah | 742 | same |
| 3 | Lucas | 399 | same |
| 4 | Luca | 378 | up 3 |
| 5 | Joseph | 374 | down 1 |
| 6 | James | 350 | up 3 |
| 7 | Michael | 343 | down 2 |
| 8 | Theodore | 338 | up 7 |
| 9 | Oliver | 335 | up 1 |
| 10 | Jack | 333 | up 1 |
| 11 | Anthony | 327 | down 3 |
| 12 | Benjamin | 299 | same |
| 13 | Leo | 298 | up 8 |
| 14 | Ethan | 295 | down 8 |
| 15 | Jacob | 274 | up 3 |
| 16 | Mateo | 274 | up 4 |
| 17 | Daniel | 256 | same |
| 18 | Alexander | 255 | up 15 |
| 19 | Dylan | 255 | down 6 |
| 20 | Matthew | 253 | down 1 |
| 21 | Thiago | 253 | up 4 |
| 22 | Logan | 235 | down 8 |
| 23 | David | 232 | down 7 |
| 24 | Thomas | 231 | up 12 |
| 25 | Cameron | 226 | down 2 |
| 26 | John | 223 | same |
| 27 | Henry | 221 | down 3 |
| 28 | Sebastian | 217 | down 6 |
| 29 | Moshe | 207 | up 18 |
| 30 | Cooper | 204 | up 55 |
| 31 | Jayden | 204 | down 3 |
| 32 | Elias | 200 | up 18 |
| 33 | Owen | 200 | down 1 |
| 34 | William | 200 | down 3 |
| 35 | Nathan | 199 | up 6 |
| 36 | Samuel | 199 | up 7 |
| 37 | Luke | 197 | up 9 |
| 38 | Mason | 194 | down 1 |
| 39 | Aiden | 192 | down 12 |
| 40 | Nicholas | 192 | up 2 |
| 41 | Julian | 190 | down 6 |
| 42 | Miles | 189 | up 7 |
| 43 | Levi | 185 | down 5 |
| 44 | Ryan | 185 | up 4 |
| 45 | Christopher | 183 | down 1 |
| 46 | Asher | 181 | down 12 |
| 47 | Isaac | 181 | down 17 |
| 48 | Aaron | 178 | up 3 |
| 49 | Elijah | 177 | down 20 |
| 50 | Ian | 176 | up 4 |
| 51 | Gabriel | 175 | down 11 |
| 52 | Caleb | 171 | down 7 |
| 53 | Joshua | 168 | down 14 |
| 54 | Eithan | 162 | up 60 |
| 55 | Enzo | 159 | up 11 |
| 56 | Charles | 157 | down 1 |
| 57 | Dominic | 156 | same |
| 58 | Hudson | 155 | down 2 |
| 59 | Yehuda | 154 | up 3 |
| 60 | Adam | 151 | up 12 |
| 61 | Austin | 151 | down 3 |
| 62 | Vincent | 146 | up 3 |
| 63 | Roman | 143 | down 2 |
| 64 | Andrew | 142 | down 11 |
| 65 | Carter | 133 | up 2 |
| 66 | Theo | 132 | up 7 |
| 67 | Gael | 130 | up 21 |
| 68 | Jackson | 126 | down 16 |
| 69 | Ezra | 125 | down 10 |
| 70 | Santiago | 125 | up 10 |
| 71 | Christian | 124 | up 11 |
| 72 | Nico | 124 | up 4 |
| 73 | Nolan | 123 | down 13 |
| 74 | Robert | 121 | up 16 |
| 75 | Giovanni | 119 | up 6 |
| 76 | Chaim | 117 | down 13 |
| 77 | Yosef | 117 | down 8 |
| 78 | Eli | 115 | up 17 |
| 79 | Bennett | 114 | up 46 |
| 80 | Leonardo | 114 | down 5 |
| 81 | Shmuel | 114 | up 6 |
| 82 | Wyatt | 114 | down 8 |
| 83 | Wesley | 113 | up 8 |
| 84 | Yaakov | 113 | up 10 |
| 85 | Lorenzo | 112 | down 14 |
| 86 | Matteo | 112 | down 2 |
| 87 | Yisroel | 109 | up 46 |
| 88 | Adrian | 108 | down 18 |
| 89 | Angel | 108 | down 11 |
| 90 | Connor | 108 | down 1 |
| 91 | Jeremiah | 108 | down 8 |
| 92 | Chase | 107 | up 5 |
| 93 | Maverick | 107 | down 1 |
| 94 | Grayson | 104 | down 17 |
| 95 | Dean | 103 | up 31 |
| 96 | Jonathan | 103 | down 17 |
| 97 | Shlomo | 102 | up 12 |
| 98 | Kai | 101 | down 34 |
| 99 | Dovid | 99 | up 24 |
| 100 | Isaiah | 98 | up 7 |
Names New Jersey likes more than the rest of the country
From 2021 to 2025, these names made up a much bigger share of babies in New Jersey than they did nationally. The number is how many times the national rate. At the top: Shulamis, Leeba and Yehudis for girls, and Avrohom, Ahron and Dovid for boys.
Girls
- Shulamis: 27.8× (65 babies)
- Leeba: 26.4× (104 babies)
- Yehudis: 23.8× (298 babies)
- Rochel: 23.7× (316 babies)
- Batsheva: 21.7× (213 babies)
- Nechama: 21.6× (315 babies)
- Ahuva: 21.1× (206 babies)
- Tzivia: 20.7× (52 babies)
- Tzipora: 19.2× (111 babies)
- Tziporah: 19.2× (98 babies)
Boys
- Avrohom: 27.2× (318 babies)
- Ahron: 23.3× (161 babies)
- Dovid: 22.9× (414 babies)
- Yechezkel: 22.7× (71 babies)
- Binyomin: 22.5× (150 babies)
- Nosson: 20.2× (64 babies)
- Yaakov: 20.1× (529 babies)
- Yehoshua: 20.1× (189 babies)
- Eliyahu: 19.1× (323 babies)
- Shmuel: 19× (529 babies)
Every number one since 1910
The longest reign for girls in New Jersey belongs to Mary, at number one from 1910 to 1930. For boys, it's Michael, from 1965 to 2014.
Girls
- Emma: 2025
- Mia: 2024
- Olivia: 2023
- Emma: 2022
- Olivia: 2020–2021
- Emma: 2017–2019
- Mia: 2016
- Emma: 2015
- Sophia: 2014
- Isabella: 2013
- Sophia: 2011–2012
- Isabella: 2006–2010
- Emily: 1999–2005
- Samantha: 1998
- Emily: 1997
- Samantha: 1996
- Jessica: 1985–1995
- Jennifer: 1970–1984
- Lisa: 1962–1969
- Susan: 1961
- Donna: 1959–1960
- Susan: 1957–1958
- Mary: 1956
- Patricia: 1951–1955
- Linda: 1947–1950
- Patricia: 1946
- Barbara: 1937–1945
- Joan: 1931–1936
- Mary: 1910–1930
Boys
- Liam: 2015–2025
- Michael: 1965–2014
- John: 1958–1964
- Robert: 1934–1957
- John: 1933
- Robert: 1932
- John: 1910–1931
Top five names by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | Olivia, Emma, Mia, Sophia, Isabella | Liam, Noah, Lucas, Joseph, Michael |
| 2010s | Isabella, Sophia, Olivia, Emma, Ava | Michael, Matthew, Liam, Jacob, Joseph |
| 2000s | Emily, Isabella, Samantha, Olivia, Ashley | Michael, Matthew, Joseph, Nicholas, Anthony |
| 1990s | Jessica, Samantha, Ashley, Nicole, Amanda | Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Joseph, Nicholas |
| 1980s | Jennifer, Jessica, Nicole, Melissa, Lauren | Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Daniel, Joseph |
| 1970s | Jennifer, Lisa, Melissa, Kimberly, Michelle | Michael, John, Robert, Christopher, David |
| 1960s | Lisa, Susan, Karen, Donna, Mary | Michael, John, Robert, James, David |
| 1950s | Patricia, Linda, Susan, Mary, Barbara | Robert, John, Michael, James, William |
| 1940s | Barbara, Patricia, Mary, Carol, Linda | Robert, John, William, James, Richard |
| 1930s | Joan, Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Dorothy | Robert, John, William, Joseph, Richard |
| 1920s | Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret, Ruth | John, William, Robert, Joseph, Edward |
| 1910s | Mary, Helen, Anna, Margaret, Dorothy | John, Joseph, William, George, Charles |
See every state or the national list for 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, baby names by state, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a state in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.